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Word: Parachute
Speech Type: Noun
late 18th century: from French para- ‘protection against’ + chute ‘fall’
ˈparəʃuːt
a cloth canopy which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake
Short Definition:cloth canopy which fills with air and allows person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from aircraft
Examples:- the saviour of many pilots has been the parachute
- the planes came over the coast and started to drop supplies by parachute
- a parachute regiment
Word: Parachute
Speech Type: Verb
ˈparəʃuːt
drop from an aircraft by parachute
Short Definition:drop from aircraft by parachute
Examples:- airborne units parachuted in to secure the airport
- an air operation to parachute relief supplies into the region
appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy
Short Definition:appoint or be appointed in emergency or from outside existing hierarchy
Examples:- an old crony of the CEO was controversially parachuted into the job
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